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Scaphellinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Scaphellinae was named by Adams and Adams (1858) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10217]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Volutidae by Sohl (1964), Olsson (1967), Ward (1992), Vokes (1998), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Scaphellinae Adams and Adams
1942Auriniinae Smith
1964Scaphellinae Sohl p. 264
1967Scaphellinae Olsson p. 26
1992Scaphellinae Ward p. 135
1998Scaphellinae Vokes p. 8
2005Scaphellinae Bouchet et al. p. 256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Scaphellinae Adams and Adams 1858
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G. Ampulla Roding 1798
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†Ampulla americana Olsson 1922
Invalid names: Halia Risso 1926 [synonym]
G. †Atraktus Gardner 1937
G. †Caricella Conrad 1835
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†Caricella bolaris Conrad 1833
†Caricella demissa Conrad 1848
†Caricella howei Harris and Palmer 1947
†Caricella ogilviana Maury 1912
†Caricella perpinguis Maury 1912
†Caricella polita Conrad 1854
†Caricella pyruloides Conrad 1832
†Caricella stormsiana Dickerson 1913
†Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854
G. †Eoscaphella Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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†Eoscaphella ellioti Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
†Eoscaphella fordycei Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
G. †Montia Gilbert 1973
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Subg. †Montia (Houzeauia) Gilbert 1973
Montia fontana Linnaeus 1753
G. †Myobarbum Sohl 1963
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†Myobarbum laevigatum Sohl 1963
G. †Parafusus Wade 1918
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†Parafusus coloratus Wade 1917
†Parafusus saffordi Sohl 1964
G. †Scaphellopsis Petuch 1988
G. †Sycospira Palmer 1953
G. †Volutifusus Conrad 1863
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†Volutifusus acus Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus asheri Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus marylandicus Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus meganucleus Petuch 1988
†Volutifusus mutabilis Conrad 1834
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Invalid names: Voluta lamberti Morton 1830 [synonym]
Invalid names: Auriniinae Smith 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (231 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt Caricella sp. (150677)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Caricella sp. (140613)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Egypt Caricella stromboides (114804)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt Caricella stromboides (114825 114908)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Egypt Caricella stromboides (114806)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Parafusus callilateris, Parafusus coloratus (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Parafusus callilateris, Parafusus coloratus (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Myobarbum laevigatum (4265 4266 4267) Myobarbum sp. (4268 4282) Myobarbum sp., Parafusus sp., Myobarbum laevigatum (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Myobarbum laevigatum (7609) Myobarbum laevigatum, Parafusus callilateris (7476) Parafusus callilateris (7477 7478) Parafusus callilateris, Parafusus coloratus (7586)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Myobarbum laevigatum (4275) Myobarbum sp. (4263) Parafusus sp., Myobarbum laevigatum (4276)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Myobarbum laevigatum, Parafusus saffordi (4127) Parafusus saffordi (4126)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Parafusus saffordi (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Myobarbum monmouthensis (4367 4368 4369)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Myobarbum laevigatum (4530) Myobarbum sp. (4531 4598) Parafusus sp. (7480)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) Caricella leana (98410)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Caricella sp. (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Montia inaequiplicata, Montia cymboidea (22931)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Caricella sp. (86459)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Caricella leana (2919 90608 205499) Caricella padagrina, Caricella demissa (205472)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Caricella sp. (85562 85563)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Caricella ludoviciana (80367)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Caricella sp. A (91889)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Caricella sp. (84048)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Caricella ludoviciana (98923)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Caricella plicata (3113)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Caricella sp. A (91126)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Caricella demissa (80621 90818) Caricella podagrina (85320 85322 90142 92034 92352) Caricella podagrina, Caricella demissa (90439) Caricella pyruloides (80495)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Caricella ogilviana, Caricella perpinguis (80170)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (New Jersey) Caricella plicata (91759)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Caricella stormsiana (122337 122339)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Caricella dolita (35080) Caricella heilprini (80767 80776 80785 91719 91868 92375) Caricella sp. (80779 205272)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Caricella sp. A (91861)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Antarctica (Seymour Island) Eoscaphella ellioti (63550) Eoscaphella fordycei (63548 63549)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Caricella heilprini (89949)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica Eoscaphella fordycei (72405)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Antarctica (Seymour Island) Eoscaphella fordycei, Eoscaphella ellioti (63551)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Caricella sp. (83801 83802)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Caricella turneri (191908)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Mississippi) Caricella pyruloides (2414 99673)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Caricella cherokeensis (98805 205527) Caricella cherokeensis, Caricella sp. (205454) Caricella reticulata (205539) Caricella sp. (205442 205503 205537) Caricella sp., Caricella subangulata (205440)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Caricella bolaris (81241) Caricella cherokeensis (81209 81224)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Caricella sp., Caricella pyruloides (52344)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Japan Caricella fosteri (41585)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) Caricella lelia, Caricella ponderosa, Caricella vesta (91760)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Caricella fenestra (1286) Caricella sp. (1293)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Caricella subangulata (1418)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Caricella howei (91115 92157 191922) Caricella polita (3534) Caricella sp. (44408 44518) Caricella stenzeli (92348) Caricella subangulata (92303 100147) Caricella subangulata, Caricella polita, Caricella howei (205501) Caricella turneri (90305) Caricella turneri, Caricella subangulata, Caricella howei (92374)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Caricella cherokeensis (90886) Caricella cherokeensis, Caricella sp. (205422) Caricella cherokeensis, Caricella stenzeli (90454) Caricella demissa (99026 205265 205477 205531) Caricella pyruloides, Caricella demissa (205271 205410 205485) Caricella sp. (205267 205480 205481 205484 205486)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Caricella bolaris (5318 5332) Caricella bolaris, Caricella pyruloides (5320 5322 205438) Caricella claibornensis, Caricella doliata, Caricella praetenuis, Caricella bolaris, Caricella pyruloides (81266 90600) Caricella doliata, Caricella sp., Caricella bolaris, Caricella pyruloides (205489) Caricella pyruloides (5311 5330 81275 81278 81282 98272) Caricella stenzeli (2454) Caricella stenzeli, Sycospira americanae (90469)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Caricella sp. (5366 5436 5437) Caricella sp. B (91736 91737)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Arkansas) Caricella subangulata (99180)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Caricella demissa (2438) Caricella polita (205526) Caricella polita, Caricella howei (205498) Caricella pyruloides (2437) Caricella sp. C, Caricella stenzeli (90709) Caricella sp., Caricella stenzeli (205508) Caricella stenzeli (2446 2449 2451 90707 91050) Caricella stenzeli, Caricella pyruloides (99736) Caricella subangulata (3532 91097 91099 92393 99632 99634 99675 205535) Caricella subangulata, Caricella polita (90471 90643 90704) Caricella turneri, Caricella subangulata, Caricella polita, Caricella howei (164232)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Caricella pyruloides (92378 92487) Caricella sp. (5344)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Caricella subangulata (99762)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Caricella subangulata, Caricella polita (208935)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Caricella pyruloides (92432)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Caricella howei (6802) Caricella subangulata (98464)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago Caricella sp. (80172)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Caricella howei (98689) Caricella sp. (32925) Caricella subangulata (92300)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Caricella subangulata (91052 91085)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Japan Caricella fosteri (179914)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) Caricella obsoleta, Sycospira eocenica (41453 61109) Caricella obsoleta, Sycospira eocensis (92391)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Caricella demissa (6005 7111 66309 66316 66317 66318 84137 177590 179354) Caricella reticulata (5501 5612 5779 5787 5788 5867 74083)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Caricella florea (43049) Caricella florea, Caricella pycnoplecta (111204) Caricella pycnoplecta (42813 42870 136943)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Ampulla deshayesiana (191624)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Halia americana (134662)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Volutifusus mutabilis (69017 69032) Volutifusus mutabilis, Volutifusus acus, Volutifusus marylandicus, Volutifusus meganucleus, Volutifusus asheri (92325)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Aurinia mutabilis (60940)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Aurina mutabilis (59487) Aurinia obtusa (79761 79765) Volutifusus emmonsi (79960) Volutifusus spengleri, Volutifusus obtusus (79959)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Scaphella obtusa (78268)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Aurinia obtusa (59307)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Ampulla priamus (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Volutifusus halscotti (79748)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Aurinia obtusa (59316 59318) Volutifusus typhis (58898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Montia fontana (163070 163075)